MSC Cruises

USA TODAY | October 18, 2018

The battle for well-heeled cruisers is about to heat up. Fast-growing MSC Cruises on Thursday revealed plans to add a new "ultra-luxury" division that will compete in the space currently dominated by such lines as Silversea Cruises, Seabourn Cruise Line and Regent Seven Seas Cruises. The Switzerland-based cruise operator said it had signed a memorandum of agreement with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri for the construction of four luxury cruise ships that will roll out between 202...

MSC Cruises | March 07, 2018

Amanda Elgie is joining MSC Cruises from Collette Travel in the newly-created position of regional sales manager for the North East and Yorkshire. The line is also creating a new sales position in Ireland as part of ambitious growth plans in both countries following a restructure last year and a major expansion of the field-based sales team. Elgie was a business development manager at Collette and previously worked at AMA Waterways as sales manager and previously at Thomas Cook. Sh...

Travel Trends Today | January 16, 2020

EbixCash, a fully owned subsidiary of Ebix, announced a strategic travel technology partnership with Amadeus to grow its footprint across the Asia Pacific region and UAE and become a one-stop shop for travel. The partnership will provide EbixCash’s online websites, travel agents and corporations in Asia Pacific and UAE with greater access to the unrivalled breadth of content offered by the Amadeus Travel Platform, enabling EbixCash to better serve its customers. Built on fully open systems...

Travel Weekly | January 14, 2020

Direct Travel , a roll-up of travel management companies based in the Denver area, has acquired Professional Travel of Cleveland (No. 31 on the Power List). Terms of the acquisition, Direct Travel’s largest in the U.S. to date, were not disclosed. According to Direct Travel, Professional Travel has more than 175 employees with sales of $448 million. Professional Travel’s leadership team will remain in place following the acquisition. “We’re enthusiastic to begin this new ...